National Affairs: He Who Hesitates

Chester Bowles, ex-adman, ex-governor, ex-ambassador to India, is now an
ex-aspirant for re-election as governor of Connecticut. And he is
somewhat surprised; a year ago, the Democratic nomination seemed to lie
in the palm of Bowles's big, friendly hand.

When Bowles returned from India last summer to his handsome home at
Essex, overlooking the Connecticut River, he wanted to 1) write a book,
and 2) run against Republican Governor John Lodge, who beat him in 1950
by 17,000 votes. Bowles's book, Ambassador's Report, came out in
January, but Bowles delayed an announcement of his...